The Klamath news., June 07, 1925, Page 1, Image 1

THE KLAMATH NEWS
o, 173. (Every Morning Except Monday V
amatic Story Is
Id In Wounded
ndit Confession
Bandit Gives Police Complete Story
iicn Wounds Force Him To Surrender
Hospital; Two Pals Killed Because
r Brakes Refuse To Yield in Getaway
RTLAND, June 6 Confronted with the fact that the
Inf itoriei that he had told about how he was shot,
kven to b lie, A. K. Kilbourn, alias Fred Clark, alia
fclarlc, confessed to police tonight that he was one of
Uits who held up the Bothell, Wash., bank shortly after
Jk opened Friday,
bourn tonight was under guard, as he lay on a cot in
bent's hospital, wounded by bullets fired by the bank
It at Bothell.
talked freely to Portland police once they got him
on his story.
There were three of us who held up the bank," he said.
Iman had anything to do with it. My pals were George
Lnd Jimmy Pollock, friends that I had known in Everett
r
ft concocted the idea of robbing the Bothell bank a
yi ago, but did not agree on it until the night before.
Explained how easy it would be to turn the trick and
ted on the job Friday morning.
STOLE AUTOMOBILE
irst we went to fill. Vernon, Wash., and stole an auto-
and then we went to Bothell. Jones was driving.
he stopped in front of the bank he pulled tack the
ncy brake with so much force that when we attempted
. our get-away things jammed and we were showered
lullets before the car could be moved.
Irk snd I went Into the bank
United Neva and United Press Telegraph Services
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 1925.
Price Five Cent
LANGELL VALLEY
MAY BE HOME OF
CHEESE FACTORY
Ohio Firm About To Locate
In Klamath Country Says
Langell Valley Member Of
Federated Clubs
Imalned In the car
engine waa running, snd It
tti that I should drive away
scene. As a result, Jones
Into the rear seat where
planted two rides and a
took three revolvers Into the
Mlock going, to the rear, and
vault, while I remained out
Pollock came out with the
jnny narks In which he had
Itae money. We had hardly
Wile of the building when
me began shooting. Where
Is came from I couldn't see.
uuldn't Iteleaso'llrakev
luck was shot before he reach
car, but he staggerod to It
HI in, his lege hanging out.
kit shot before he could get
ad I jumped to the wheel.
kke was on so hard I couldn't
It quickly. I put all the
bad to It and It gave. Jusl
received a bullet wound In
fi. but I mnnourered around
ove awny. That's all there
It."
Nrne then told of his flight,
k drove to a lonely road about
N from Bothell. "I started
P even thlng Into the Snoho-
"er, which was Juat a few
torn the road," Kllbourne said.
at then a big auto truck came
P I lumped on It and rode to
' I got oft and met John
K Jimmy's brother.
didn't say much to him and
home, where I met my
F Harry. I told him to get
for nie and I wanted him to
to Portland. I also told
lnt I needed cash and he went
lnl borrowed $25 from a man
f" Mamer nnd 1M from some
io not know. We drove to
M. arriving here shortly be
'aniKht Friday.
Kllbourne Arrested
WeM to a friend' rnnm anil ho
r m dress my wounds, which
'cry Dainfni t aia1 him
F1", but he realised that I was
Very Irnnd fnnrllHnn nnd
Formed me that they had an
"""7 hOsnltnl h. t wnnld
10 get tronfmnnl
'"ted to the. hospital, when
net by Iwn n.t.ni ti,i,,i
"OUCh ttr-nt- ...... -
i MHU UI0JT BOUi HIP
r uinn t know a thing about
"an nana ur. i.t-,. .1 i....aa
i""1 ' wouldl'' to" hlm
L j,. lot nut In Portland,
, . "iri nnck home, ana
" 'He In.t 1 . . , nu.
n oww ui jinn. 1 uw
w It you w
e.r,y thl, mnrnlng."
' Riiuourn was the man. nc-
r " W the ,
VW ,, '""unniun, Mini vmi-
..... " noidlng in custody
in.... 1 B1rwlch of Kings
uea on Pago Two)
LOEB, HO KILLED
YOUTH BRUTALLY
NEARS INSANITY
JOLIKT. 111., June . Illchard
Loeb, youthful millionaire slayer,
lay strapped to a cot in the prison
hospital here tonight, babbling In
coherently and on the versa of In
sanity. There Is no danger of
death at this time but there Is a
probability of the handsome youth
becoming permanently insane. Dr.
Herman N. Adler, atato criminolo
gist, declared tonight.
Whllo apparently on the road to
recuvBiy from an attack nf measles,
Loeb suddenly suffered a mental
collapse, attacking his guards. For
hours he hud been strapped to
his cot. Dr. Adler and other pri
son omclais, wno mougni umu
was shamming now are convinced
of the genuinness of the mental ail
ment.
Nathan Leopold, companion of
Loeb In the murder of Moony
Franks, Is convalescing from an op
eration for appendicitis and prison
officials are keeping him in Ignor
ance of Dickie's condition.
Inability to accustom himseir to
the nrlson fare, the surroundings
and the depressing knowledge that
he must serve the remainder 01 nis
lire in drudery in the prison work
shops combined to cause the col
lapse, Dr. Adler believes.
FISHING PARTY OFF
FOR DIAMOND LAKE
Diamond lake's big tle
smushlng trout are hugging the
bottom on the lee-shore today, ac
cording to fu-hlng authorities since
Merle Houston, steward of the Elks
club, Ernie Nltchlem of the Blue
Bird, and Harry Messnor, nig Lakes
,g rustler, made the trip In there
yesterday sworn to give no quarter
i anything from flnRerllng trout
""Trio carted hi. whole batch of
$700 worth of punch-board tack
. i.im imt forsot one rub-
Z boo rry Mcsaner -aid he
tad f t a couple of logging
amP. on the way in
heavy shipments, but the fact'
that he ln.en.ed to p. P a
or two of half Inch cable and tpalr
of,g loading tong. W o,e
LI Will.
Still another new agricul
tural industry for Klamath
county appears assured, ac
cording to H. J. Ticknor of
Langell valley, who announc
ed at the Federated Board
meeting at the chamber of
commerce yesterday that he
was in touch with Swiss
cheese makers of Ohio, who
Ticknor felt sure could be in
duced to locate and start a
small Swiss cheese factory in
Langell valley.
Mr. Ticknor said he felt
sure there were already suf
ficient dairy cows in the Lan
gell and Bonanza territory to
support this new industry, and
that the numbers of the herds
could be rapidly increased,
and the quality buiit up. Am
erican Swiss cheese is made
from the same ingredients as
common cream cheese, but
owing to a particular process
and more limited output, it
sells for about twice the price
01 common cheese, it was
pointed out at the meeting.
Another of the famous Langell
valley barbecues will be held thlsj
year on the date of June 21, Mr,
Ticknor announced. Last year over
1200 people gathered at (his cele
bration which comemorated the first
Irrigation of the valley.
lettuce Industry Htnrt-1 "
County Agent Henderson report
ed on the establishment of the let
tuce Industry hero, giving Geory
brothers and Roy Nelson the credit
for Klamath's latest Industry which
Is .expected to result In several
hundred cars going out of here
annually. The Hunt and Saudey
100 acres to be planted on the Wo
cus marsh will be put out around
July 15 and will be ready to har
vest about September 10 to 15.
The Klamath crop will be rolled
Into- the California market at the
time of year when head lettuce
crops from their vegetable gardens
are out of season.
President Youeil of the Taclflc
Fruit ft Produce company which
plans to establish warehouses In
Klamath Falls, was a visitor here
the past week, leaving with the
plan of doubling his warehouse fac
ilities here, according to the report
at the meeting.
Commenting on the satisfactory
showing the now sugar beet crop is
making to date, U. E. Reeder, pres
ident of the Federated Board, said
his crop of beets looked like a
million dollars. During the recent
frost the weeds between the rows
were killed but the beets were not
touched Mr. Reeder Bald.
Th following were present at yes
terday's meeting: U. E. Reeder,
Dr. F. M. Trout, C.'C. Hulet, H. J.
Ticknor, C. A. Henderson, A. M,
Collier, and Lynn P. Sabln.
LOU ARENS GETS A
COUPLE TO THE JAW
Down around Eighth and Main
street they say its the climate
anyway Friday afternoon A. Pan
ser, manager of the dealers Used
Car Lot, engaged In a more or less
animated argument with Lou
Arena, local Chevrolet dealer. Ac
cording' to reports, the misunder
standing arose over whether a 1911
Hupmbbile had three epoeds fore-
ward or two reverse.
Witnesses of the argument state
that the matter was not as finally
and definitely settled as It might
have been, but Lou Arena lost two
of his best teeth and tad a pair of
black eyes, while Panser camoxout
with a broken hand.
Eberlein Tract
Sold To Oregon
TrunkYesterday
Speculation A. To Whether
Purchase It For R. R.
Or Shevlin-Hixon
C. W. Eberlein, representing the
Enterprise Land and Investment
company of Klamath Falls, ha. sold
to the Oregon Trunk railway com
pany, a tract of approximately 160
acres of land, located between the
O..C. ft E. and the S. P. lines at
the southern city limits of Klamath
Falls, according to a deed filed with
County Clerk De Lap yesterday at
9:15 a. m.
By this purchase, which will ap
proximate 1140,000, the Hill lines
have made their first really sub
stanlial guarantee to Invade the
Klamath territory, according to lo
cal railway authorities. However
this purchase is not considered to
Indicate to a certainty that this tract
will be used for terminal purposes.
Knowing the closeness of the busi
ness relations between the Hill roads
and the Bhevlin-Hixon company,
which also plans to Invade Klamath
comity with big saw-milling opera
tions on completion of the Northern
lines, It Is considered extremely like
ly that the Eberlein tract was pur
chased In a roundabout way for the
use of the Shevlins along with the
Johnson mill Bite, which was also
purchased from Mr. Eberlein two
years ago. This latest acquisition,
It Is pointed out, blocks off the
Johnson tract In admirable style for
a big mill slto, but for a competing
railroad yard, the S. P. main line
splits the acreage up badly, and
right-of-ways which would reach in
to this hemmed-in property would
cost a fortune, according to some
authorises. .
While options on all sides of
Klamath Falls have been taken by
the Hill people during the past sixty
days, the sale of the Enterprise
tracts was the first definite trans
fer of property that has been made
to the Invaders since the interests
of Klamtah county were forged to
a white heat over these prospective
developments. It was known for
some time by The News that the
property would be bought by the
Hill lino, but on request of Hill line
officials the news was kept quiet
because of the fact that other right-of-way
purchases In the vicinity
might cost Ihef road more money
through publicity.
The Southern Pacific is under
stood to have been extremely anx
ious to buy a small part of the
acreage sold by Mr. Eberlein to. the
Oregon Trunk yesterday, and this
(Continued on Pago Two)
BEND, June 6. Officials of the
northern lines, who arrived last
.. a the lob night from Kiamatn rails aner m-
the boat and to """ .hcrmen' 'spectlon trip, report favorable pro
of bull-coc" at t"6 grei ,1, being made,
camp.
T DIRIGIBLE iCorev. Oregon P.S.
LEAVES FOR TRIP Commissioner Has
Sensible Version
Encourage Both Roads and You Will Have
a Real City Here', Says R. R. Authority,
Who Says Klamath Has Everything to
Coolidge Afraid To Trust
To Big Blimp And Makes
Journey To St Paul On
Special Train
LAKEHURST, N. J., June 6.
Bound 'or Minneapolis to be la the
twin cities of Minnesota tor the
Norse centennial celebration the
navy dirigible Los Angeles will float
away from her hangar here tonight
at 11 o'clock standard tmte.
It was first planned to start
eight hours earlier 3 p. m., which
was the same time President Cool
idge left Washington by train for
Minneapolis. Hot weather -caused
abandonment of this plan.'
The dirigible is due at Minneapo
lis Monday and the president's train
tomorrow night.
Captain George Steele, of the
Los Angeles said that he bad found
the sun usually the best ally of
the big dirlble had so rarlfled the
air through expansion during the
days of hot weather, that it would
hardly sustain the weight of the
airship.
At the same time the sun, beat
ing unmercifully on the shining en
velope of the Los Angeles as she
swung at her mast today had so
affected the helium of the balloon
that' the eafety valves would open
as soon as any altitude waa attain
ed. This would mean that in cross
ing the Allegheny mountains where
the altitude would 'be high, much
helium would be lost.
Postponement of the start was ac
cordingly ordered to,, give the.
loon a chance to cool.
Gain By Not Entering Controversy.
The present railroad situation offers two possibilities to
Klamath Falls to become a town of 10,000 people or to be
come a city of 40,000 people according to H. H. Corey, pub
lie service commissioner of Oregon, who arrived here last
night from Salem, enroute to the Malin railroad meeting. - "
"The situation is this: The Southern Pacific lines are
here now, busily engaged in completing a new through line to
Portland (the Natron cut-off) which will become the main
channel for railroad traffic up and down the Pacific coast.
In addition to this great development project, the S. P. system
is pledged, subject to the approval of the interstate commerce
commission, to take hold of the Strahorn line and extend it
to a connection with the standardized N. C. & O. at Lake
view, giving Klamath a direct eastern outlet. .
"In addition to all this Southern Pacific railroad program,
Klamath appears assured of the development attendant upon
building in here of the Oregon Trunk and the competing in
fluence in this territory of the great Hill lines. J.
"Los Angeles became a city when
Community Club in
Chiloquin Secures
Baby Clinic There
County Health Unit Will
Conduct First Clinic
Of This Character
The Woman's rommnnity club
and the Parent-Teachcra' associa
tion of Chiloquin aro fostering a
"well baby and pre-school clinic,"
to bo held at the Chiloquin school
building on Wednesday, Juno 10.'
These ladle are vitally Interested
in the promotion of public health,
and have asked Dr. Ncwsom,
county health officer, to conduct
their clinic. Dr. Newsom and Dr.
Kogcrs, physician on the Indian '
reservation, will conduct the ph
alcal examination. They will bo
assisted by Mrs. Lulu Johnson,
public health nurse of the Indian
reservation, nnd Miss Lydla
Frlcke, county health nurse.
The Indies of Chiloquin aro Ilvo
wires, they have only organized
their clubs within the last year.
They are Interested in the promo,
tlon of Iheir community activities,
civic affairs, and in the promotion
of public health. Thn health of
these babies and pre-school child
ren la one of their first considera
tions. All mothers living In tho
(lilloqnln community nrc urged to
bring their babies and pre-school
children to this clinic for physical
examination and ndvieo as to the
cure of their children. This will
bo tho first clinic of Its kind In
the KlHinuth country.
Aboard President C'oolidge's Train
En Route To St. Paul, June 6. On
the chedule of the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad's crack train, the Cap
itol limited, President Coolldge's
"regular special" was dipping
through the hills of West Virginia
tonight, bound for the twin cities,
where Mr. CoolKge will deliver an
address to the Norwegian centen
nial celebration Monday afternoon.
Mr. Coolidge wore a black mo
hair suit, an old cap and bad a
blanket wrapped around his ankles.
as he sat on the rear platform of
the observation car.
President Smokes Stogies
The nresldent smoked several
stogies. Frequently persons along-
m the road waved at him and
he returned the greetings. Mrs,
Coolidge sat alone Inside the ob
M,i,tlr,n car. During tha first
hour of the Journey she read. Af
ter that she sat Idly watching the
scenery. She wore blue, and gray
printed crepe. Her traveling cloak
was blue crepe "de chine; her tur
ban of blue and gray. ,.
An unusually large drawing room
In the middle of a compartment
car of a new type Is the president's.
The room Is upholstered in blue,
with panelling' of Imitation walnut.
James G. White, personal repre
sentatives of Senator William M.
Butler, chairman of the republican
national committee. Is aboard, fore
shadowing political pow-wows at the
twin cities during the trip. The
presence of Senator Lenroot Is sig
nificant In this connection. It is
believed such conferences would
center around the possibility of
.breaking LaFollette's strength in
the northwest in next year's elec
tions. ,
The Coolldges ate dinner In tha
diner, amid a score of their fellow
travelers. The two sat alone at
one of the larger tables; demo
cratically surrounded by newspaper
mn. railroad officials, secret ser-
HEAT IS LIKELY
TO CONTINUE
EAST;
WASHINGTON. June 6. The
heat wave will continue to burn
the United States east .of the
rookies, taking heavy .tolls of lite
and crops over the week-end, but
probably will - break between Mon
day and Wedn wdav the . United
States weather bureau predicted to-1
day.
Moderate temperatures at North
Atlantic states and. the upper Mis
sissippi and lower Missouri val
leys starting Monday for the mid
dle Atlantic states and those north
of the Ohio river, either Monday or
Tuesday, and for states south of the
Ohio Tuesday or Wednesday are pro
mised weekly weather outlook.
The scorching "Bermuda high,"
a term for the condition which re
sults in deluge of tropical heat to
the nation will disintegrate elowly
before the attack of the cool
scphyrs of the northwoot, otfiolals
saldy
The "Bermuda high" is high bar
ometric pressure which this week
has completely blanketed the coun
try east of the rookies, causing a
great influx of heat and air from
the tropics.
CHICAGO, June 6.--An unexpect
ed breeze swept In off 'Lake Mich
igan today and saved Chicago from
another 24 hours of furnace-like
heat. Two deaths were registered
during the day from the effects of
the hot weather, bringing the total
for the present heat wave to 25.
The entire mlddlewest should get
somewhat cooler weather tomorrow,
the weather bureau said.
. Rain Is expected In much of this
forecast area.
Many Tourists In
Klamath Last Week
Visiting automobiles registered at
the chamber of commerce last week
totaled 85 and with settled warm
weather that number will be dou-
vlce men and photographers with j bled immediately according to Mrs.
the party. Secretary Kellogg and j Leah Smith, registration expert.
Senator Lenroot sat at a small So far Ford cars are predomlnat
tabla across the alale from the Cool- j ing and the bulk of the new comers
ldges.
Watchful Waiting; To
Be Used By Japanese peciaiiy after
TOKIO, June 6. Japan will con
tinue a policy of "watchful wait
ing'1 toward the Shanghai strike sit
uation. .
This assurance emanated In posi
tive form from the foreign office to
day, apropos of London reports to
day that Toklo had sent a brlsque
not threatening landing of forces at
Shanghai and re-ocuppatlon of
I Tsingtao.
are looking tor employment. ' In
three or four weeks more the big
limousines will begin to arrive, es-
the opening of the
Crater lake national park.
This week car. were registered
from Texas, New Mexico, Arizona,
Ohio, Colorado, Washington, Idaho,
and most of all from California,
PORTLAND, June 6. J. L. Hat
awayfleld of Umatilla was hobbling
along a highway when an automobile
hit him and sped away. For three
weeks it was thought he would die.
He left the hospitul today.
It got away from the one-road han
dicap and .landed the: Bante Fe and
the Union Pacific, In addition" to "
the S. P. ; '' , ,;. 1 ,
"Klamath civic organizations, com
munities, or Individuals, have every
thing to gain and nothing 40 loss
by peeping their fingers cross at
m.nm uitdsuiia,.unBa HD .npnmni nv
nnrtbnlar tavnr- a .tha. mA ' mijI .
Corey. "To take sides means a
lansaluBa fttrtit nAihlnv cralnait sti1
one." road or the other offended, a
split community, and a lot of useless ,
bitterness which might result In one
or the other system seriously cur
tailing their program. The best
thing to do is for all concerned to
sit back and let all the roads come
in that care to. The Hill roads are
coming if they are permitted by the
interstate commerce .commission,,
that is certain." ,
' Speaking' of the possibility of the
common user controversy on the S.
P. line from Skookum. to Klamath.
Falls for the Hill road as advo
cated by the public service commis
sion leading to endless legal en- .
tanglements which might delay the
ultimate construction of the Hill
lines Into Klamath Falls, Mr. Corey
said, "Our only object in advocat
ing a common user on tbu linn was
to avoid the recurrence of the fol
ly of the Deschutes canyon where
about 15 millions of useless dol
lars were blown into the river by
the parallel Union Pacific and Ore
gon Trunk lines fighting for ad
vantage in reaching central Oregon.
If the Interstate commerce commis
sion does not favor the , common
user on this stretch of the line, no
doubt the Hill roads will be per
mitted to build their own line down
here, and where they are coming
for the grea'ter part of the way
through a different basin than the
S. P. such as the Hill roads plan
to build down the Sycan river.
It is a question whether the com
mission would consider that as
useless parallelling of lines."
Speaking of ' communities ' In
Klamath county holding railroad
rallies, such as Malin plans to do
today, resulting In the endorsing
of one road to' the discredit of an
other line, Mr. Cerey said he believ
ed that was the wrong method.
Particularly the Idea of forewardlng
any of these endorsements to the
Interstate commerce commission
would be folly, since such action
would probably be prejudicial to
the final decision of the case. Tho
interstate commerce commission la
a judicial body, and they are not
moved by propaganda or sentiment;
they want only statements of facts.
If any communCy such as Malin
feels that they must do something
to help the cause of vitally needed
railroad development, the thing to
do Is to get up a report of actual
or potential railway tonnage and
have it In shape to submit to the
Interstate commerce hearing to he
held in this state some time this
fall, on the matter of convenience
and necessity for the building ot
these proposed lines."